John Phillips Signed (8 results)

First printing, a trade paperback original. An unusual anthology which collects eighteen stories by a diverse group of authors united by "music" as the authors - jazz, rock, country, Japanese classical, blues and more - for their characters and plots. SIGNED by TWO authors: Gary Phillips at his story "Stone Cold Killah" and Walter Mosley at "Blue Lightning." Also includes contributions from Charlotte Carter, Ian Rankin, , Liza Cody, Jeffery Deaver, Peter Robinson, James Sallis, Julie Smith and more. 399 pp plus "Musical notes and otherwise" from the contributors. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (usual toning to edges of textblock).

Condition: FINE. First printing. An anthology containing 20 original stories, edited and with an introduction by Stuart Kaminsky. SIGNED by FOUR contributors at their stories: John Lutz, Gary Phillips, Parnell Hall and Steve Hockensmith. Notes about the authors. 371 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with illustrated DJ. Red boards with gold lettering on front cover and spine. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1996. Stated first edition. 596 pages. Very Good condition. DJ clean and glossy. Binding tight. Signed by the author on the title page with no inscription. Please contact us with questions or if you'd like to see photographs. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with illustrated DJ. Red boards with gold lettering on front cover and spine. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1996. Stated first edition. 596 pages. Very Good condition. DJ clean and glossy. Binding tight. Signed by the author on the title page with no inscription. Please contact us with questions or if you d like to see photographs. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: FINE. First printing. An unusual anthology which collects essays by 119 crime fiction authors from 20 countries on a book they picked as one of the greatest mystery novels from 1841 (Edgar Allan Poe) to 2008 (Mark Gimenez). Included are contributions from Megan Linwood Barclay, Cara Black, Ann Cleeves, Harlan Coben, Reed Farrel Coleman, Eoin Colfer, Max Allan Collins, Bill Crider, Deborah Crombie, Jeffery Deaver, Joseph Finder, Charlaine Harris, Michael Koryta, William Kent Krueger, Joe R. Lansdale, Dennis Lehane, Laura Lippman, Bill Loehfelm, Lisa Lutz, Water Mosley, Stuart Neville, Ian Rankin, Richard Price, Peter Robinson, M. J. Rose, S. J. Rozan, James Sallis, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Karin Slaughter, Martin Cruz Smith, Mehmet Murat Somer, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Kelli Stanley, Donna Tartt, Andrew Taylor, Martyn Waites, Joseph Wambaugh, Minette Walters, Daniel Woodrell, Qiu Xiaolong and many more. SIGNED by THREE authors at their contributions: Michael Connelly on Raymond Chandler's 'The Little Sister' ; William Kent Krueger on Tony Hillerman's 'Dance Hall of the Dead' and Gary Phillips on Clarence Cooper's 'The Scene.' Introduction by the editors. Each essay is preceded by a brief paragraph about the author whose novel was selected and followed by a biographical note on the author who wrote the essay. Index. xxii, 537 pp. Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (a few small black dots next to some of the titles on the table of contents).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten Letter Signed by John Phillips to Levi Leone. Dated 1860. A letter about a gift to the museum and meeting up upon his return from Norwich. John Phillips 1800-1874 was an English geologist. In 1841 he published the first global geologic time scale based on the correlation of fossils in rock strata, thereby helping to standardize terminology including the term Mesozoic, which he invented. Levi Leone, 1821-1888. English jurist and statistician. His chief work, History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British Nation, 1763-1870, is considered to be a partisan account of British economic development. Size is 110mm x 90mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17153. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with no DJ. Green cloth over boards with gold lettering on front board and spine. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1997. Revised Edition. 332 pages. Boards are square and firmly attached to binding. Gold lettering on front board and spine is shiny and legible. 1 page foreword by Joseph M. Rogers and Patricia Shoaf, vice president and secretary of the Loudoun County Historical Society. Pages are in excellent shape. Text is clean and legible. Binding secure with no missing pages. Very Good Condition. Signed by John T. Phillips, II on the title page with no inscription. Please contact us with questions or if you would like to see photographs. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. [4]+281+[3, blank] pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5") bound in original publisher's yellow cloth with black lettering to spine and black inverse lettering to cover in original pictorial jacket, all text block edges trimmed. Author's signed card tipped to front end paper. (A Haycraft Queen Cornerstone) First edition. No Hero (later published as Your Turn, Mr Moto and Mr Moto Takes a Hand) is a 1935 spy novel by John P. Marquand and the debut novel in the Mr. Moto series. The story was first serialized in the Saturday Evening Post. A down-on-his luck American airman.a beautiful international adventuress.a mysterious Chinese courier.a scrap of paper worth many lives and the peace of the entire world.and a jigsaw pattern of treachery and sudden death that had been expertly designed to deceive and destroy. Enter the inimitable Mr. Moto, the only one who could hope to decipher and defuse the situation. Casey Lee, the airman, would never forget this extraordinary figure and the amazing feats he was capable of. Condition: Author's signed card tipped to front end paper. Jacket with light edge wear else better than very good in like jacket. Signed by Author(s).